Programme works:
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Our news
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LCDP NEWS BRIEFS
- Robert McNamara, Journalist
Jobs & Upskilling; Volunteer-led
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Keep your eye on Brussels!
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Resources Section / President Higgins & ‘Changing Ireland’
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Community-based adult education
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Humour & publications
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Community & Voluntary Sector News
- One in 6 are finding jobs
- The huge satisfaction in serving others - 3 job-seekers’ centres run by volunteers
8-10 Jobs & Upskilling; Offaly & Galway
- 5 out of 55 long-term unemployed people find jobs - Men changing their lives - Traveller Beoirs mean business! - 476 new businesses sprout in Donegal
11 Jobs & Upskilling; A Canadian Perspective - Village buys business and saves jobs 12-13 Lessons for the country
- Ballymun kids lift school attendance by 14,000 days - What makes Swedish childcare so different to ours?
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European Year for Active Ageing
- Ireland Version 2 – our democracy’s due an upgrade - Tipp training; Dublin talking; Intercultural Louth
- Community-Led Local Development
- A dozen useful websites - President believes it’s time to change the world
contents
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- The Social Value of classes in pubs
- The diary of Doris McDermott - New textbook on Community Development
- More RDP cash for communities - Volunteers rubbing gravestones - Co-ops made easy
- You’re never too old
ABOUT THE PROGRAMME The Local and Community Development Programme (LCDP) is the main community development programme operated by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government in support of the voluntary and community sector. The aim of the LCDP is to tackle poverty and social exclusion through partnership and constructive engagement between Government and its agencies and people in disadvantaged communities. The overall funding allocation for the Programme and Community Development Programme in 2012 is just under €55 million.
PROGRAMME GOALS The Local and Community Development Programme has the following goals, with particular focus given to the delivery of goals 2 and 3, each of which receive approximately 40% of programme funds:
educational, recreational and cultural development activities and resources.
Goal 1: Promote awareness, knowledge and uptake of a wide range of statutory, voluntary and community services.
Goal 4 : Promote active engagement with policy, practice and decision making processes on matters affecting local communities.
Goal 2: Increase access to formal and informal
Goal 3: Increase peoples’ work readiness and employment prospects.
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Government’s 7-pronged jobs plan includes: Developing Employment Initiatives Within the Community